THE PICK AXE KILLER - KARLA TUCKER
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- In June 1983, Houston, Texas, 2 people were killed with a pickaxe - the kind of grisly double murder that would dominate the headlines any day of the week. But this crime captured more attention than usual - because the killer was a 5 foot 3, 121-pound woman. Her brutal slayings, and her subsequent reformation as a Born-Again Christian, divided a nation when it came to her fate. This is what happens when rehabilitation isn’t an option.
This is the case of Karla Tucker
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"Crime and consistency are my thing" always makes me imagine you out doing general mischief in the community
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How come 1,068 viewers, but only 206 likes? About time we appreciated these free views. People work hard for this, how many seconds does it take to tick a box for free?
I think this every Wednesday and Sunday. Don't understand it either.
I always press like after watching, then I know I've already seen it 😂
I wonder this as well because Emma is amazing....there is no one like her who goes into these crimes with not just a simple passion...but also teaching us about life lessons...and she always (I believe)...cares about the victims and also about us who are watching because this is the best thing ...when we have watched her on other stuff and to know she is o here explaining the crimes...I love true crime... but hardly anyone cares about the victims...its all about the people who commit then and I get frustrated because the murderer is famous and the victim gets forgotten..at least with Emma we learn about the victims and their family who are left... its awesome she has so many vewers but I get confused why there are not that many likes...I always wish I could give a ❤...
@@saratoussaint5553 That's exactly why I do it too.
it's the fear of death that caused her to be good in prison. She should punish for her heinous crime.
I am an atheist and my convictions tell me that it is not at all necessary to believe in a deity to, firstly, have strong moral convictions regarding what is right and wrong and, secondly, to turn a life of crime into a life of value. Whether or not Karla Tucker should have been executed is one question, but I wonder if she would have had so many advocates for staying her execution had she been every bit as reformed and virtuous but had achieved it not through a religious conversion but through a personal, "god free" moral realignment. I very much doubt it.
Yes karla changed!! i can see it from the time she didnt have a relationship with God until now you can see that glow. she has repentent before Godand ask for forgiveness and that's all that matters. God forgave her she became a born again christian. she wasnt afraid to die. once she was heading to the gurney she said from the people who where around her " i cant wait to see Jesus face to face"!! she lead some women on death row to Jesus Christ and gave her testimony what God has done for her.. I know we will see karla again she is with Jesus. its not a religious thing, its a transformation a relationship with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!!!
@@JesusOnlyWay-d8e ....but you're replying to an atheist...so that was a bunch of fan fic. Just saying it is so, does not make it. #goodwithoutgod
Atheists Know God exists.
@@MeadeSkeltonMusic Amen God sets eternity in each of our hearts including those who say they are atheists.
she brought many people to Jesus Christ and Jesus told her welcome my faithful servant. her work ws done here on earth. for believers we will see our sister in Christ again death is not the end!! if they had let her live she would have continue to tell otehrs about Jesus Christ but her job was done and God knew her time here on earth she went from being a murderer to an child of God!!
Nobody feels okay with someone being executed. But certain crimes have no other answer. The fact that she turned her life around is wonderful. Too bad it came so late. She caused such mayhem and an eternity of suffering for the families of her victims and that is why she was executed. It's sad all the way around.
I'm okay with people being executed. In fact, I don't think enough people get executed.
@@emusaurusbecause you are just as horrible as the killers.
She also had family who now has to suffer. Think of that. But like you said, you think it’s ok. You must not be a Christian believer anyway
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It’s absolutely hilarious when you turn your head and act out the parts of the culprits… you’re as good as Mr. Ballen!! 💕I love this channel! Thank you 😊
Emma's got a fantastic sense of humour! Always get a giggle at her narrative 😀🌹
I don’t think we can compare her to Mr. Ballen. She’s tremendously more educated, her videos are much better executed and output. I GUARANTEE you she puts on 10x the amount of time, research and passion into her videos.
I could go on, but their not comparable in any fashion. Mr. Ballen does it for dramatic affect, she does this for the victims! And to share these stories for educational purposes. It’s not the same.
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I'm on the victim's side. I've always been cynical of the offender's "change" after incarceration.
Me too - especially when they claim to get religion. In this case, her crimes were horrific. Mind you, I am not and never have been in favour of the death penalty so life without parole would have been okay with me.
We can change, but it takes a long time. Jail, the punishment is loss of liberty. Whether people think we have it too easy or not. We don’t. We’re caged and rightfully so. For a non-predator/narcissist etc, for a normal person who screwed up? It takes all that time alone with your own head. It means you have to care about others as much as yourself, so you can empathise and feel their pain, to care about the damage you did. There’s a few of us about. Thing is the law and the markers in place throughout the legal and prison system are too basic and generic to notice the difference. That’s why there are soo many failures time and time again. 4 months in isn’t enough time. She replaced drugs with religion, imo. Addiction doesn’t end like that. She found a replacement that seemed to be healthy to others. But it was just a band aid. I doubt it would have lasted if she got out without a shit load of counselling and support.
Can’t wait for this Em. Your a stronger woman than me. Your commitment to researching for your crime cult speaks beyond volumes darling xxx
Btw: she was the first woman to be executed in Texas since the civil war!
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Great case. When i trained as a magistrate it was pt to us that we would face crimes when we didn't want to punish the criminal. We had to be able to lay aside that feeling because the situation is exactly what rule of law means. If we break the law punishment has to follow through or there is no rule of law
Hi dear Emma,
My Opinion:
Bang to Right.
She killed two People , with Joy.
Bragged about the Killings.
No ther is no Reformation from such a Mindset.
I am 5.3 If you look in a Dictionary Abusiv Horror Mothers...you find a Picture of my Mom.
Yes i thought about Killing Somebody , to Payback the Pain .
Bud i had a Choice , the Same Choice she had. I made the Choice to not act out my Anger and Pain.
She made the Choice to kill , the Choice to take the Life of 2 People.
Leaving 2 Familys in total Disaster.
So.... She got served what she ordered.🤷
Loving Hugs from Germany...🥰
@elena rae thank for your kind and lovely Words❤️ i am not Strong at all, bud i try to leave the Past in a closed Box. My Parents where both Alkoholiks , Dad distance Truckdriver and Mother allways Drunk, Violant, Abusiv and a total Narciss and Psychopath .
She absolutely got the sentence she deserved for the horrific crime and the sick comments she made after
Killing a murderer doesn't punish the murder it punishes everyone who loves them.
The government should not be in the business of revenge because it never ends satisfactory, rather rehabilitation and containment.
@@jdhutchinson506 but it sure gives peace to the families of the people she killed while she orgasmed. I wonder if she orgasmed at her own death. You do the crime, be bloody well prepared to do the time.
@@jdhutchinson506 She should of thought about that before committing such a horrific crime and the sick comments she made after it all
@@jdhutchinson506 Well, we do get to vote as a community of our preferences of laws and the people that create and enforce them. It’s not just a government.
@@jdhutchinson506 let the victims family light the fire.
I was a passionate advocate for the end of the death penalty, but since watching a lot of true crime, I now believe there are ppl who deserve it.
My first thoughts are with the victims knowing their horrifying way they died. The fear and pain they both felt I can't forget. Yes she was put to death, she knew she deserved it and was prepared for it.
This was completely my first video on this case so to watch it on your channel was excellent as you always do such a great job
like so many others she didnt care about the rigts of her victims, they didnt get a chance to live, she murdered them & enjoyed every minute of it.
The woman was having an affair on her husband.
I feel the victims here were the two people murdered .
Too many criminals turn to religion in the hope that it will be a 'get out of jail free card'. In life we make choices. Tucker chose to take dangerously high levels of drugs and alcohol which fuelled her horrendous attacks. I'm sure that, given the choice, her victims would have gladly devoted their lives to religion for the good of others rather than die at her hands. Tucker made certain they did not have that choice. Why then should she be afforded the opportunity she denied her victims? The correct sentence was given, upheld and duly carried out.
Absolutely
I’m torn. I don’t feel like she chose to take drugs & alcohol, I feel like that addiction was set on her as a child by her mother.
If you’ve never known another lifestyle, you become desensitized to sex, violence and sexual violence.
So many religious conversions are laughable excuses & attempts at sympathy, but at the same time, a sincere conversion can change every element of a person.
I honestly wonder if the prison environment, the structure & separation (for the most part) from men & people looking to use her may have allowed her to reflect on herself for the first time in her life. The change may have been real.
If death is meant to punish, then she deserved it. She did the crime. It was horrific. If you support the death penalty it’s hard not to say she earned it.
But it is true she could have done some good from inside prison. Maybe not enough to ever make up for the murders, but more than would happen with her dead.
I’m ok with the sentence being carried out, I think I’d be ok if it had been commuted to life in prison.
I just keep thinking about her childhood. There’s no switch that flips at 18 giving autonomous thought & ideas on how to live a decent life. You learn from your experiences & your environment. In her case it’s not surprising she’d end up a killer.
I have empathy for the 8 year old who shouldn’t have even known what drugs were & the 14 year old who was pimped out by her own mom- the person on this planet most responsible for giving a sense of love, stability & self worth.
I can see how the prison system, broken as it is, could have given her a whole new life that might have been positive enough to help others.
I guess if I ruled the world I’d have left it to a vote of both victims loved ones. Their opinion is what matters.
Hi Emma I was hoping to recommend a case for you to cover. It is Angela Pearce in Leeds.
I only heard about it the other day and I am surprised their dose not seem to be any true crime videos on this case and it was a really brutal case.
Thanks so much Emma for covering this case. I have been interested in this case for years, I really want to believe she was a reformed character . This does not excuse her crime it was horrendous but that is my hope
I was still offering the benefit of the doubt in regards to whether or not she truly reformed until the comment about skipping down the hall to her execution... then I knew it was a manipulative tactic on her end all along. A truly reformed person, who truly knew the gravity of their sins/crimes, would have taken that walk with the full weight of that gravity and the seriousness of the situation on their shoulders. To me, all I see from that "joyous" behavior is an act of manipulation and a mask of "winning". She manipulated those around her until the very end, and by doing so she caused many people to suffer with her death, be emotionally conflicted, she gained the fame she always wanted too which had to have been a bonus. If she was truly religious/had truly found god she'd know her sins while alive meant she'd be going to hell, not heaven, so her absolute conviction she was going to a better place and would soon be with god was nothing but a facade she put up to gain the sympathy and support of those around her. She was playing the long con game, in my opinion, and in the end it didn't change the outcome she'd been trying so hard to change, by fooling so mang people. I believe she would have happily allowed others to truly take her place and be executed for her crimes... and that isn't a reformed person. Let's not forget that the most psychopathic among us have the ability to pretend better than the best performers, to live a picture perfect life on the surface, while underneath the facade they show the world, they are monsters who do horrible things when they think nobody is looking and fantasize about unspeakable things while smiling to your face as if they are the most harmless, trustworthy, and reliable person you could ever meet. That isn't to say a life in prison without the possibility of parole, with mandatory rehabilitation efforts until death, wouldn't have been a sufficient punishment... She could have been allowed to continue the helpfulness act indefinitely and done more good. But she absolutely never should have been released, as the monster lurking beneath her mask would have resurfaced the moment she got the opportunity to commit more crimes, and she was clearly intelligent enough to do a better job of not getting caught the next time. I seriously think there ought to be punishment for the parents who raised such broken children to begin with though, to help prevent more tragedies like this from continuing to happen. Childhood abuse, negligence, exploitation, even abandonment... we need to do more as a society to protect children. It's easier to raise a sound child to adulthood than it is to try and fix the brokenness after the damage has already been inflicted. If there was harsher penalties for harming children, less people would do it.
When she was executed I was in college majoring in criminal Justice. We had to write a paper on this and our views on the death penalty and her being executed. We received extra credit if we went to the unit in Huntsville and participated on either side of the protests. It was interesting and a historical part of our criminal justice system in Texas.
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Very well done, Emma!
Another great video, as always! I wonder if you've ever considered interviewing convicted killers/criminals in the future? That'd be awesome! Keep up the good work!
Sorry but I have zero sympathy for this woman, anyone capable of doing what she did deserves what she got!
Please DON'T be sorry for YOU are entitled to your opinion and I agree with YOU 💯 percent I'm amazed how they turn into God botherers on death row only if they did THAT just before they go to commit their horrific crimes many more individual PEOPLE would still be alive right NOW as WELL she got what she deserved zero sympathy from me and they All blame there traumatic upbringing WELL i had a bad upbringing as WELL but I AM NOT going to go out and any horrific crimes like THAT plus I really do like my freedom with the wind in my hair
Oh my god! I can't believe how many dark days you've bought me out of. Thankyou 😮
It was to little to late. And if she wasn't a beautiful woman she wouldn't have so many backers . We see this so much . She committed a horrific crime . The punishment was just. In my opinion.
I’ve lived in Houston since ‘99, I never even heard of this case until today! Thanks for covering it, Emma
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I do because she is very good bit I'm honest I seldom stay till end because these true things are so grizzly Best Wishes to All ❤👍☘🌼🌺
As per usual incredibly brilliant
Looking forward to this Emma xx love and hugs to everyone xxx
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Thank you for another brilliant programme emmax
I don’t feel the victim got
to ‘skip’ and peacefully accept their death. I appreciate she may have found her God. But I feel this was a fair judgement.
Thanks Em
X
Thank you Emma!
Love your videos Emma. I look forward to them every Wednesday and Sunday. I wish I could catch more lives, but they usually come on while I'm busy at work.
Forgiveness is such a difficult idea. It can be the task of a lifetime. For the families of the victims, if they forgave and said commute, they should get that. As for her having special treatment, she was a drug abusing, prostituted murderer. It's a hard sell to say she was an attractive perp. I believe, have seen, the most extremely broken individuals, abused and wild, become functional after studying their bibles and seeking redemption. If you are someone who has never been loved, God gives you the love you never knew. I have seen that 180° happen. I hope she really was saved. But personally I have a harder less divine ability to forgive. Some people are deeply compassionate and can forgive such injury. I struggle especially with child molesters. I have to leave that up to Jesus because my heart isn't that big.
To me, even if the family of the victims forgive and want to commute the murderer’s sentence, the punishment should be upheld. The drugs and prostitution didn’t cause Tucker to be aggressive and happily kill people in a horrendous way. Aileen’s story and personality were different (and IQ). Tucker, herself, chose kill. One doesn’t get out of the punishment because they changed behaviors later and had a good personality and good looks. If she found God and Jesus, I am glad. Never forget, Ted Bundy was good looking and had a good personality too. Just doesn’t negate the crime.
I read a book about this woman years ago.
I remember this so well because, I remembered the crime and her history. Taken from that life she was someone who was able to do good, when we destroy the very thing we allegedly aspire to, we have failed!
Rewatching all these cases x
For me, saying "I've found God" means about as much as "Satan told me to do it"... Don't use some entity to explain your actions, good or bad.
Love listening to you Emma ❤ x
I am team-victim. No merci on psychopaths who kill.
I'm team victim. I really truly hope she did transform in her heart, and if she did, then her death should not be seen in a bad light. The facts are the wages of sin is death. This is why we all die at some point, none of us are sinless. That being said, when you purposefully snuff out the life of others, you will and should pay the price for those actions.
Emma, as usual, amazing coverage of yet another devastating case..
As I've mentioned before, I was incarcerated for 10 yrs of a 20 yr sentence for a car accident. I definitely caused it due to my reckless behavior, and thankfully no one lost their life.
During my incarceration, I got to know the only female death row inmate at the time, Kelly Gissendaner.
She was executed in 2015 as the result of orchestrating the murder of her then husband. She had tremendous remorse and accepted her death sentence.
I have to say that it broke many of our hearts when she was executed 💔
We all knew it would eventually happen, however, after getting to know her for 5 yrs, it was crushing.
As for Karla, I am honestly torn. While her crime was beyond heinous and cruel, I can't help but feel that she tried to use it as a tool to prevent others from continuing in a life of crime.
So many of the murderers that I met while in prison, had absolutely NO remorse and continued their violent behavior towards other inmates/officers.
I also have to put myself in the victim's shoes and empathize with the soul shattering pain that Karla caused.
Ultimately, it's an all around tragic situation, bc the Dept of Corrections claims to 'rehabilitate' inmates, yet they fail to do so.
The justice system is broken in the US, especially in the south. Systemic racism is at the core of incarceration and sadly, I don't see it changing anytime soon 😢
Anyway, I absolutely adore you and appreciate your genuinely honest approach to these cases 💗
Good luck in your future endeavors dear.
Ava you are an amazing, compassionate woman, l hope your life from now on is just so wonderful.🫶🏻
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I served 14 years and the system is broke in the UK too, I believe she believed she’d changed, but having been out for 5 years now? I see how easy it is to build confidence and hope, funny enough, in jail. Then, get out and to have to deal with the real world, sober? It’s hard. There’s an identity crisis takes place. Her test would’ve been outside of prison and I don’t think that’s a risk that would’ve been worth taking. This wasn’t a fight gone wrong, or self defence. Worse still, she got off on it. That’s dark stuff! If she’d discovered knitting or origami instead of God, no one would have mentioned her again till she was executed.
I personally don't believe anyone should be put to death. For me it's not about being "Team Murderer" or "Team Victim." It's an archaic form of punishment rife with the same racial and class inequities as the criminal system in general, only now the penalty is death. I don't believe it does anything for victims' families either, frankly. If the death penalty is an option and a killer gets life without parole, the family feels their loss is minimized. If the killer is sentenced to death, the victim's family still has to go through years and years of appeals, stays, etc, etc, with all the stress and trauma they bring. The death penalty is also a deterrent to guilty pleas, resulting in more lengthy, expensive and traumatic trials. In modern societies there is no tangible benefit to the death penalty over life without parole.
Cult assembling. Emma arriving.
I wonder if we would have more cases of people being reformed in the UK if there was the fear of death penalty.
I think she genuinely believed and was afraid of going to hell which motivated her positive change and I feel empathy for the horrible childhood she had. But I also don’t know if someone’s personality can change - did she have professional help to genuinely heal the trauma she suffered that damaged her?
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What a crazy case 😳 you have such strength being able to retale these cases ... thanks Emma n thanks for putting the new camo hoodie on the merch i purposely kept Xmas money and been waiting impatiently lol and ordered straight away x
So glad to hear your take on this case Emma, masterful as always. We met at your Mansfield show and I mentioned how my neurological disability has caused me to become aggressive at times (though nowhere near the level Karla was, even when she was a teen.)
I've never been I involved with drugs, and only drink a small amount, rarely (unless we count caffeind!)
I feel that as Karla's extreme substance misuse began when she was 8, it's almost comparable to a severe neurological disorder, in terms of the impact on her brain.
She wouldn't have got the death penalty if she'd had an IQ of 60, maybe not even if there had a disorder like mine, yet her brain was equally as impacted.On
Though as I've said, I've never caused GBH, I have had fights with housemates unsupported living services, and though I've generally been much smaller than these housemates, as well as having visual impairment, I hac e generally been the one blamed and given consequences as a result of these incidents, as unlike many people I've been inappropriately places with, I have a high IQ and no form of learning disability. Support workers argue that I know what I'm doing and a i and so doesn't, because they have som ed level of learning disability.
I dont, but I have an impulse control ussue. The same can be said for Karla, magnified by 1000.
If course I feel for the victims and their loved ones, especially Deborah as Jerry had been abusive to Maria's best friend, though didn't deserve such extreme vengeance.
I've watched a lot on Karla a nd I believe her reformation was genuine. It's interesting to me t h a t so e inmates less effort to reform and help others harvest on Death Row for quite as long as Karla did.
I think Karla could have helped other inmates, though I m not religious myself, faith certainly t turned Karla's life around.
If Deborah's brother Ron was advocating for Karla to remain In prison rather than being executed, I wonder who the execution brought comfort to.
To me, the bigger issue is that the system here, in America and elsewhere,needs fixing so that children with no chance, as Karla was, don't escalate to the poun t of committing the heinous acts she did. Xx
There was a case in Dundee Scotland I was wondering if you could do research on exactly how both mother & daughter ended up dead & found under the suspects floorboards,the victims were Bennylyn & Jellica Aquino Burke.
I can appreciate that after being imprisoned and forced to clean up for what was likely the first time since she was 8 she probably did realise what she had done. But as to being no future threat? Who is to say the second she had her hands on alcohol or drugs it wouldn't have been exactly the same again? I think the sentence was right. I don't think she would have done it without the lifestyle but there was no attempt to escape the lifestyle. So, right that the sentence was carried out as planned but more important than ever these children are identified and removed from the horrific situation many find themselves in as early as possible.
I am anti death penalty full stop. That said this I've found god now I'm sorry let me off, for this case or any other is just wrong
If you are truly sorry accept the consequences don't appeal, don't ask for parole, continually torture the family members, shut up and pray for forgiveness from the only one who counts,
Exactly
Thanks em. Stay safe everyone.
Let the decision be influenced by the victims families.
Very excited for this to start!
Emma you are the best thanks again
I feel that some cases where these killers who have been failed by the system or faced horrendous abuse should have the chance where possible of rehabilitation and support.
I am not condoning the crimes they have committed and that in most cases they should be released but I do believe we have a duty of care.
Robert Maudsleys case always plays on my mind.
We need to recognise psychopathy and what it is.
There is no real rehabilitation in the uks criminal system.
Great video as usual. Thank you!! I don't agree with the death penalty anyway, but I think Karlas personality probably developed once she no longer had all those drugs in her system following her arrest. She had never had a chance prior to do that as her life was so chaotic. Her crimes were terrible and a life sentence would have been imposed in other states without the death penalty.
I agree with you Sue. Also the structure and rules provided by the prison system is something that none of her siblings and Karla ever new. The "But for.." test should have been considered in her sentencing. Yes her comments at the time were unfathomably evil and devoid of human traits. Yes she got the sentence as guided under the statute at the time. But then if some of the family members of the victims asked for clemency, .... I don't know.
Evening Everyone 🥰
She didn’t give a second chance to her victims. I have no sympathy with her and I don’t believe her sudden change.
Another great case, well covered as no one else can cover. While I’m not a great fan of the death penalty, for me some crimes are unforgivable & this is one of them.
Emma i love your content by the way but to go completely off topic im rewatching Big Brother Series and i noticed you on Big Brother Series 10 the interview with Bea, my goodness how youve changed! You have even got more beautiful with age ❤️ love true crime, love you, im a huge fan
I like it when you stick to the facts without being judgemental about the awful things people did. I haven't experienced her life, so I definitely won't judge her.
It’s really quite sad how different people can be once they are in a stable environment free from abuse and drugs. That said I still think she deserved her sentence, and I do think she gained more sympathy being female. Just look at how mothers are treated who kill their children versus fathers who do the same (Andrea Yates comes to mind).
Idk, I think Yates was truly legitimately mentally I’ll to the extent that she wasn’t responsible. I’m not aware of a similar case with a man.
The closest I’m aware of would be Matthew Coleman & I know they’ve decided not to seek death with him.
Only her victim's families can forgive her. Nobody else can or should.
Funny how they all of a sudden they find god
never heard about this Karla Tucker menace / the list of drugs she took - HOLY HELL
thanks for filling us in Emma.... ps love the scarf, reds beautiful on you girl.....
Honestly Emma I’m torn. I’ve always been unsure about my feelings re the death penalty. My Christian beliefs say no to executions but with some of the crimes it really is hard to see any other option. I think she really was remorseful and totally changed and if it was my loved ones who had been so horrendously murdered. I honestly can’t give an honest yay or nay. Thank you for the work you put into this case. You are an amazing lady.
I think on this occasion, the decision should have been made by the victim's family.
I don’t care if she’s found Jesus, Elvis Presley, Lord Lucan or Shergar. She was one very dangerous human being!!!!!
Is death the easy way out..or is a lifetime behind bars worse..🤔 I don't know. With so many suicides in prisons over the years.. I think that with the worst crimes eg. Child killer's. It might give some peace to the victims families.. It's so contraversial ... . Emma keep little Molly in the videos 👍🐶🐾 She's a little 🌟 star now!!
Death sentence is death sentence... We already have too many appeals and as you said, how do you know if she is truly reformed?? You do not
I would be so interested to learn more about where she was incarcerated, maybe they are getting something so right. We get it so so wrong in the UK.
Mountain View TDCJ unit in Gatesville Texas.
I hope those 8 minutes felt like an eternity
Personally I feel like she didn’t “find god” she simply did what she had learnt to do from the age of 8 . Adapt to the situation you are in play the part required at that moment. I believe she felt being this way would be the best route to go if there was a chance to get a lighter sentence .
If she had of ever got out I fully believe she would snap back because she wouldn’t need to “hide” herself anymore.
The only honest thing she had was her describing the feelings she had of “climaxing” whilst landing those blows. I think in that moment she discovered who she really was. And she was trying to do anything possible to experience it again and get out.
Thankfully she got what she deserved, and she is where she belongs.
Very interesting EM but sad all the way from Ireland 🇮🇪
I was 1998 in the USA, and every night there was reports on the news, in talkshows etc. I watched it and I must say something was off on this woman. The insistance of that grandius change was kinda too much, it was like being lied to.
I had to chuckle to myself when you did the skit about the birthday wallet! Most of the things I own are second hand and the original owners are definitely dead BUT that's because I have an obsession with all things Edwardian, Victorian and vintage stuff 😂 I'm weird but not a murderer....... promise! 😂
I honestly have to say living in the US I’m glad there is the death penalty, there is crimes that deserve it. I’m always surprised at the legal system’s in so many other countries and can’t believe some of the horrendous disgusting cases that I’ve heard of in other countries and the get 20,25,30 yrs, it makes me angry for the family.
Because other countries are not revenge motivated but about justice, keep them locked up. If I was family of a victim I would want terrible revenge but we live in a so called civilised society ,so the Justice system puts them away instead.
In england life is 30 years, it's disgusting, most people that do get life actually don't do a life sentence, or are out early on good behaviour. It's disgusting. There's no justice system, it doesn't work. In one of our prisons if the inmates behave they can order things out of a catalogue so they have things like TVs in their cells etc. They can use their pay that save from working in the prison to buy their stuff from a catalogue.
She was groomed into darkness and there was no way out.Its a very sad story all round, from the victims, the perpetrators and her subsequent execution..I think God may have been absent in this case... Excellent vlog Emma... Keep the faith.. Peace... 💜
This is one of your more powerful, insightful videos, although all of your videos are informative and educational. I think what touched me the most about this is that you describe the transformation so beautifully, because that is how I saw her case.
Psychopathy is treatable from what I understand from my own late persons, perspective. And I think what she needed was purpose. That purpose may not have been beyond her death sentence, but she achieved what she had needed through the work of others.
Even if she was manipulative, along the way she found away to make some things better for others. I don’t know if it was in for me that she wanted but she does have that. She is famous now, and she got the attention that she’s so desperately craved. I think her life experiences were directly shaped by the horrible horrifying neglect and abuse that she had experienced, and even if she demonstrated psychopathic tendencies, no one sought to take care of her, or develop her character. Why she chose to brutally in hideously torture and murder people is beyond me. We all have choices in life. For whatever reason she made that choice. And she paid for it with her life.
She did give her life some meaning, because in Deathrow of all places she had to of had some kind of emotional support to be able to turn this around. She had every right to fight for her life and Peele this death sentence.
The advantages of her circumstances were clear, and she did get that emotional support and social support, because she was a very pretty lady who is articulate and had embraced God and discovered her nurturing side. However, this didn’t save her life in the fact that gender did play a role. She wasn’t given any leniency whatsoever.
My empathy is from the little girl in her who is so abused, and especially to the victims she did have especially the family members who had to work through this horror in their own life, and had to deal with the trauma of the suffering in the loss. And that pain and suffering might still be there.
How do we grapple with that inner conflict even of ourselves when we revert to our carnal instincts and how he managed to stop ourselves, and also being good people who care about other people. It always seems that things in life are black and white but they aren’t. Maybe this was the lesson and all of this after all.
I think we have to realize that even if her growing up years had been good, she could have still began drugs, been an aggressive person, been around the friends she chose and then murdered and enjoyed it. In fact, who has ever murdered intentionally and said they didn’t enjoy it?
I'm not sure that I agree with death penalty in general, but don't think "was useful in prison" and "found god"(whatever it means) should be the reasons to pardon anybody.
RIP Karla Faye!
I will never get killers who try and appeal their death sentence because “they don’t want to die” yeah neither did your victims but you didn’t give them a choice in that matter so you shouldn’t be allowed to have the chance to change your fate! And using god as an excuse to try and wriggle out of what you have done shouldn’t be acceptable (just my opinion) People like her should never see the light of day again!
If you just shut your eyes and try to imagine…
you 🫵🏻 too would accept the D penalty…
especially if it happened to one ☝️ of YOURS!
The horror, the pain, panic, suffering and death ☠️… gone!! She deserves it!!
Life for life. Deborah died horribly. She is the only one I feel sorry for
Oh Horrible she's where she Needs to Be Good Afternoon Emma
Finally….thank you for doing this one. I’m a Texan and this one hit close to home. And it involved George W Bush !
There are only 2 TC CZcamsrs that I think could do this one Justice……you’re one of them.
I don't understand why becoming a born again Christian is a reason to keep a death row inmate alive. Never once have I heard of anyone getting the same treatment if they convert to any other religion, Christian or Pagan. It always feels ingenuine, a way to garner sympathy because being Christian seems to mean you can do no wrong, and you've been saved from something. At least that's the feeling it gives me. It's great that she used her experiences to help others, and that she was able to change people's minds on certain things where execution etc, is related, but she still brutally and happily murdered two people. I understand from personal experience that meth changes a person, but she still took two lives, those people will never get the chance to eat another banana or peach, or convert to any religion, or help young offenders, get married or fix their marriage. She got all those extra years to do those things, her victims did not. We need to find a real, proven way to talk to the victims and find out what they want. That would make all this so much easier. LOL
The most interesting thing about this case is that her guards, all of them, believed she'd truly reformed. This was noted then as unusual. Prison guards don't usually unanimously agree that a death row prisoner should be pardoned. Even I had hoped she'd be spared death. I believed her. I don't usually buy jailhouse conversions.
Also, in another interview on this case, it truly was dreadful that every lawman in that city saw her as inevitably winding up where she did. No one was helping her. No one.
Honestly, I don’t understand how these criminals have the right to marry. Her victims have no rights whatsoever anymore. It’s disgusting. Of course a narcissist has the ability to be a model prisoner bc there are guards and rules! That doesn’t prove an ability to be a decent human in the real world.
Maybe if she would have pleaded guilty they could have taken death penalty off the table.
Something about the sexual gratification of the crime makes me believe that had she had the opportunity, she would've killed again.
In a lot of cases the killer has involuntary reactions during. They just aren't as up front about it
More Dolly she is just sooo cuuteee!!!!
I feel that Karla should have been in prison for life, not death. Even if her reform wasn't genuine, she was helping people from prison. Just like she said in that letter, she was useless dead. I also think that the argument that if she was a man, there wouldn't be this backlash, so we should just ignore all statements against death, was stupid. Yes, she had sympathy as a woman but that doesn't mean you should ignore actually complaints. Plus, men that have 'reformed' with little backlash against is in my opinion a bad thing! If it is a similar situation as this case, then there should be backlash.
I dont buy it. She became a "changed person" literally a month after her death sentence was handed out, and continued to ask for clemency based on her "change". What a coincidence. She got the sentence she deserved according to the law, for the horrific crime she committed.... which she had no issue carry out, nor bragging about afterwards.